Luvo Manyonga to face top rival in Sweden
South African has been defeated a few times by Caribbean upstart
SA long-jump star Luvo Manyonga is to face his nemesis‚ Juan Miguel Echevarria of Cuba‚ for the first time this season at the next Diamond League meeting in Stockholm next week. The line-up on the organiser’s website shows that Manyonga’s compatriot Ruswahl Samaai‚ Olympic champion Jeff Henderson of the US and Jamaica’s rising star Tajay Gayle will be in action on May 30 too. Henderson is the top jumper for 2019 so far on 8.38m‚ ahead of Manyonga (8.35) and Gayle (8.30). Echevarria’s 8.92 from March did not count because of an illegal tailwind. But if last season’s performances are anything to go by‚ the contest for top honours will be between Manyonga and Echevarria. Manyonga‚ who went unbeaten in 2017‚ has been defeated a few times by the Caribbean upstart. They went head to head on six occasions in 2018 and the South African triumphed twice and Echevarria four times. Manyonga won their first indoor showdown at Metz‚ but was pipped in the second‚ at the world indoor championships....
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